Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H8098
שְׁמַעְיָה
Shemayahshem-aw-yaw'
Shemaiah
41 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Shᵉmaʻyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8098is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 34spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8098
Shemajah, the name of twenty-five Israelites
The King James renders it: Shemaiah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Shemayah is rendered "Shemaiah". It stands 41 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in 1 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 12:22But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
- The Greek text spells it thirty-four different ways.
The first use
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
1 Kings 12:22שְׁמַעְיָ֥ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's forty-one uses are in 1 Chronicles.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Shemaiah31
- and Shemaiah7
- and to Shemaiah1
- for Shemaiah1
- of Shemaiah1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁמֹנֶה | shemoneh | eight | Uses109 |
| שְׁמָמָה | shemamah | devastation | Uses57 |
| שְׁמֹנִים | shemonim | eighty | Uses38 |
| שְׁמִינִי | shemini | eighth | Uses28 |
| שְׁמוּעָה | shemuah | tidings | Uses27 |
| שְׁמַע | shema | to hear | Uses9 |
| שְׁמִטָּה | shemittah | remission | Uses5 |
| שְׁמַד | shemad | to destroy | Uses1 |
| שְׁמַם | shemam | be appalled | Uses1 |
| שְׁמַשׁ | shemash | to minister | Uses1 |
| שְׁמֻרָה | shemurah | waking | Uses1 |
| שְׁמִינִית | sheminith | Sheminith | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 41, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
34 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה4
- שְׁמַעְיָ֗ה2
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה2
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה2
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗ה2
- וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה1
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤ה1
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖ה1
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜ה1
- וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑ה1
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה1
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הוּ1
and 22 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)31HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1HC/R/Npm
1 Kings
one use
But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God:
- שְׁמַעְיָ֥הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
1 Chronicles
twelve uses
The six descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
- שְׁמַעְיָ֑הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
- שְׁמַעְיָ֗הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).
- שְׁמַֽעְיָֽה׃shema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
The descendants of Joel:
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, a descendant of Merari;
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the chief and 200 of his relatives;
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.
- שְֽׁמַֽעְיָה֩shema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
And Obed-edom also had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Also to his son Shemaiah were born sons who ruled over their families because they were strong, capable men.
- וְלִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הvelishma'yahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Shemaiah
Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
2 Chronicles
eight uses
But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God:
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הוּshema'yahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD says: ‘You have forsaken Me; therefore, I have forsaken you into the hand of Shishak.’”
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֤הushema'yahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shemaiah
When the LORD saw that they had humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; I will not destroy them, but will soon grant them deliverance. My wrath will not be poured out on Jerusalem through Shishak.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה׀shema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֧הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.
- שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֡הוּshema'yahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Jehiel and Shimei from the Hemanites; and Shemaiah and Uzziel from the Jeduthunites.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֖הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Under his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הוּushema'yahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shemaiah
Additionally, Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, as well as Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated to the Levites 5,000 Passover offerings and 500 bulls.
- וּשְׁמַֽעְיָ֨הוּushema'yahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shemaiah
Ezra
four uses
from the later descendants of Adonikam, these were their names: Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men;
- וּֽשְׁמַעְיָ֑הushema'yahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shemaiah
Then I summoned the leaders: Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, as well as the teachers Joiarib and Elnathan.
- לִֽ֠שְׁמַעְיָהlishma'yahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: for Shemaiah
From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah.
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֔הushema'yahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shemaiah
From the descendants of Harim:
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Nehemiah
ten uses
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֣הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
- שְֽׁמַֽעְיָ֧הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests.
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֑הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni;
- שְׁמַעְיָ֧הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah,
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jonathan;
- לִֽשְׁמַעְיָ֖הlishma'yahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Shemaiah
Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah,
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖הushema'yahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shemaiah
and some of the priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,
- שְׁמַֽעְיָ֗הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.
- שְֽׁמַעְיָ֡הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
- וּֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֜הushema'yahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Shemaiah
Jeremiah
six uses
Now there was another man prophesying in the name of the LORD, Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land the same things that Jeremiah did.
- שְׁמַעְיָ֔הוּshema'yahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that
- שְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּshema'yahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
- שְׁמַעְיָ֖הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
- שְׁמַעְיָ֗הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- שְׁמַעְיָ֣הshema'yahproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
- שְׁ֠מַעְיָהוּshema'yahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Shemaiah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.